No. 19/21 Miami 31, USF 10,
November 28, 2009
Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium
Team Notes
- The attendance of 66,469 is the second largest in USF history. The school record for a home game is 67,012, set against West Virginia in 2007.
- USF falls to 0-2 against Miami, with the other loss being a 27-7 Hurricane win in Miami in 2005.
-Jim Leavitt (Missouri '78) is the only coach in USF history. He has a career record of 94-56 and is in his 13th season at USF. Leavitt and the USF program are 63-18 in home games, 12-17 against ranked opponents with six wins in the past nine games, 10-2 against teams from the state of Florida, 0-2 vs. Miami and 4-3 against the ACC.
Individual Notes
- Aaron Harris, Jessie Hester, Kenneth Luberice, Jerome Murphy, Moise Plancher, Chris Robinson, George Selvie, Kion Wilson, Theo Wilson) made their final home appearance against Miami, and the senior class is the winningest in USF history (33 wins).
- Offensive starters for today's game: LT Jamar Bass, LG Jeremiah Warren, C Sampson Genus, RG Chaz Hine, RT Mark Popek, TE Ben Busbee, WR Dontavia Bogan, WR A.J. Love, WR Sterling Griffin, QB B.J. Daniels, RB Mo Plancher.
- Defensive starters for today's game: LE Jason Pierre-Paul, NT Cory Grissom, DT Keith McCaskill, RE George Selvie, LB Sabbath Joseph, LB Kion Wilson, LB Chris Robinson, LC Quenton Washington, SS Jerrell Young, FS Nate Allen, RC Jerome Murphy.
- Captains for the game were Kion Wilson, George Selvie, Mo Plancher, Nate Allen and Matt Grothe.
- K Eric Schwartz put the Bulls on the board in the second quarter with a 36-yard field goal. Schwartz has now hit six field goals longer than 30 yards.
- In the third quarter, B.J. Daniels connected with A.J. Love on a 12-yard pass play for USF's first TD of the game. The catch was Love's second TD of the season and Daniels' 12th passing TD of the year.
- Jason Pierre-Paul sacked Jacory Harris in the third quarter, which increases his sack total to 5.5 for the season.
- With four kick returns against Miami, junior Dontavia Bogan has 62 career kickoff returns for 1,454 yards, surpassing DeAndrew Rubin's 60 returns (1,534 yards) to take the top spot on USF's career list. Bogan started the game in second with 58 returns for 1,356 yards.
- WR Carlton Mitchell had one catch for 21 yards, increasing his total to 1,505 career yards. He is just 19 yards shy of breaking Hugh Smith's record of 1,523.
